3. Only a small change is necessary as a beginning;
4. Clients have the strengths and resources to change;
5. Problems are unsuccessful attempts to resolve
6. You don't need to know a great deal about the
7. Multiple perspectives and constructions of reality
The limits of this particular approach as identified by Goldenberg and Goldenberg (1996) include a recognition that many clients come to the case work setting with a number of presenting problems or issues which are overlapping. Clients are often overwhelmed by this complexity and may feel that dramatic rather than sequential changes are needed.
All generalist social work practice is informed by socio-behavioral and ecosystems systems knowledge and is influenced by powerful ideologies that include democracy, humanism, and empowerment, for example (Schatz, et al, 1990). Social workers must be able, in the worker/client situation, to communicate empathy, genuineness, warmth, trust, and suppor
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